Sri Lanka MP Duminda Silva in Mount Elizabeth Hospital of Singapore

Slain official of the President

At the hearing of the multiple murder case in which Sri Lanka President's official Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was killed, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka Police today informed Colombo Magistrate Court that murder suspect MP Duminda Silva was being treated at Mount Elizabeth Hospital of Singapore.

CID further said that a statement had been recorded from the suspect MP's father regarding the situation of MP Duminda Silva.

The counsels appearing for the rights of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra requested to issue a warrant to arrest M{ Duminda Silva  and produce him in court.

However, Colombo Additional District Judge Prasanna Alwis said that the a warrant was not necessary to arrest the suspect since the judge had already issued an order to arrest him.

CID was ordered by the Magistrate to show cause for failing to produce the suspect MP in courts. Duminda Silva also sustained injuries in his skull and he was taken out of Sri Lanka with the support of the government despite he was needed to be under arrest.

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